The Delta State |

The Delta State live at Northampton’s The Bantam,
April 1st 2010.

A voice like Sand and Glue

Northampton Band “The Delta State” have such a cool name which certainly compliments their unique genre of music. The band are best described as… well that’s a challenge.. “the cutting edge of indie rock and roll”…. No thats just not good enough. Anyway… who wants to pigoen hole such a great band.

Front man( Stefan) swaggers and sways like the ghost of the late great Jim Morrison and sounds like Zimmerman cica “Blonde on Blonde” and he is ( without doubt) the visual attraction of The Delta State.

Making their debut at Northamptons newest live music venue, The Delta Sate unleashed an infectious sensory assault on the capacity crowd which was simply too inspiring for the onlookers to ignore. Despite their retro influences, they have a fresh, modern sound that does its part to push rock and roll forward. Their combination of keyboards, chiming guitars a “ hold tight” rhythm section, with sand and glue vocals, enabled The Delta State to execute a hauntingly and compelling set, inclusive of a Cure cover and a blistering blues jam that would have made Messer’s Bruce, Baker, and Clapton take a short intake of breath, Brilliant stuff.

Ian and Pete, aka The Boiler Club

 

The Delta State live at Northampton’s Labour Club, Northampton 13th March 2010.

The Delta State are a Northampton band who, to date, have released four discs, and each E.P clearly demonstrates how they have matured and progressed as one of the counties premier “indie rock bands”.

The term “Indie Rock” applies because of their determination relating to “independent distribution and production of their music, and remaining in control of their original and artistic sounds.

The Delta State certainly do not wear obvious genres on their sleeve, but probably draw influences from some of the bands that launched a 1960s revival during the mid-90s, i.e. Suede and Blur, and the pure 60s sounds of The Kinks and The Small Faces, mixed with a bit of Young and Zimmerman ( Sounds impossible but it works so well).

Their all too brief set at The Legendary Labour Club was a combination of wonderful deep grooves, musical finesse, fantastic drumming and inspired interplay between lead, base, and keyboards.

The vocalist leads the band through their tight-knit set of short, well crafted tunes and they even through in a brilliant cover of a Neil Young Song.

Great band, great set, catch em while you can. Truly Unsigned Heroes.

Ian Porter AKA The Boiler Club